Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 7, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	0	0		PIT	9	9	4	22
VGK	1	1	2	4		VGK	6	9	12	27

: PIT 46VGK 54
: PIT 1.71VGK 4.25
PP goals: PIT 0VGK 0
Hits: PIT 26VGK 15
Blocks: PIT 9VGK 13
PIM: PIT 6VGK 0
: PIT 56%VGK 44%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Vegas Golden Knights rout Pittsburgh Penguins 4–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–0 at home. Mark Stone (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for PIT: Malkin–Hayes–Bemstrom skated 11:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mark Stone had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:42.Stone
Points
Tanner Pearson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:54.Pearson
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Hayes–Bemstrom skated 11:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Hayes Bemstrom
Usage
Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 15:20, −4:50 down on his 20:10 season average over 81 games.McNabb
New line
New look for PIT: Heinen–Novak–Tomasino skated 9:09 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (29.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Heinen Novak Tomasino
New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Roy–Schwindt skated 7:01 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Roy Schwindt
Luck
PIT scored 0 goals on 1.71 expected goals (46 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Emil Bemstrom (PIT) played 13:59, +6:05 up on his 7:54 season average over 13 games.Bemstrom

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 100 of 100 attempts · VGK 54 · PIT 46

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK pressure
PIT pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PIT 12% of the game, VGK 48%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

VGK

PIT

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	PIT	VGK
	55	56
	2.05	4.45
	2.00	4.16
	16	23
	7	1
	22	23
	+0.006	−0.006
	12%	48%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
15:5056% CF
L2Malkin – Hayes – Bemstrom
11:3775% CF
L3Heinen – Novak – Tomasino
9:0929% CF
L4Imama – Acciari – Lizotte
3:5140% CF
D1Karlsson – Grzelcyk
18:5955% CF
D2Letang – Shea
14:4838% CF
D3Graves – Kolyachonok
9:0963% CF

PK1FAcciari – Lizotte
2:28
PK2FHayes – Rust
1:11
PK1DGraves – Shea
1:19
PK2DKarlsson – Kolyachonok
0:44

Current PIT line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Saad – Hertl – Dorofeyev
11:4558% CF
L2Stone – Pearson – Eichel
10:3150% CF
L3Barbashev – Kolesar – Howden
10:1969% CF
L4Smith – Roy – Schwindt
7:0120% CF
D1Hanifin – Whitecloud
18:1950% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Hague
16:3739% CF
D3McNabb – Korczak
10:5653% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Hanifin – Eichel – Dorofeyev
4:03100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Saad – Barbashev – Roy
1:32100% CF

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	-2	5	0.49	1	1	0	19:29	—	—	57	55
Sidney Crosby C	L1	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:15	—	—	50	46
Rickard Rakell R	L1	-2	3	0.43	1	0	0	18:09	—	—	56	54
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	-1	2	0.07	1	1	2	16:53	—	—	58	31
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	16:38	—	—	60	45
Emil Bemstrom C	L2	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	13:59	—	—	57	31
Tommy Novak C	L3	-2	2	0.28	0	1	0	14:01	—	—	42	25
Danton Heinen L	L3	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:27	—	—	32	16
Philip Tomasino R	L3	-2	4	0.14	2	0	0	12:09	—	—	41	19
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0.07	2	1	0	13:03	—	—	31	16
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:30	—	—	39	14
Bokondji Imama L	L4	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	5:05	—	—	63	42
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	25:19	—	—	57	43
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0.04	0	1	0	21:14	—	—	50	41
Kris Letang D	D2	-2	0	0.00	4	1	2	21:33	—	—	42	23
Ryan Shea D	D2	-2	0	0.00	2	2	2	21:22	—	—	39	26
Ryan Graves D	D3	-2	2	0.04	2	0	0	16:09	—	—	61	32
Vladislav Kolyachonok D	D3	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:45	—	—	58	23

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	L	27	23	4	.852	4.25	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.97	0	0	18:32	—	—	66	81
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.46	1	0	18:30	—	—	63	80
Brandon Saad L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	0	1	15:13	—	—	64	82
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.17	0	0	20:06	—	—	42	62
Mark Stone R	L2	1	2	3	+3	3	0.36	0	0	17:42	—	—	52	72
Tanner Pearson L	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.61	1	1	14:54	—	—	41	57
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	4	1	15:30	—	—	50	61
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	0	0	15:11	—	—	71	81
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.32	0	0	13:55	—	—	55	65
Reilly Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	0	0	14:19	—	—	33	61
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	1	2	12:50	—	—	40	67
Cole Schwindt R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	9:13	—	—	15	48
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.01	1	1	25:54	—	—	54	71
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.14	4	1	20:47	—	—	50	68
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	3	21:01	—	—	46	54
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	19:53	—	—	52	67
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	15:20	—	—	47	65
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	11:10	—	—	53	76

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	22	22	0	.1000	1.71	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Tanner Pearson (VGK) 1st 12:58 · assists Mark Stone, Zach Whitecloud · Rebound · 25.7 mph shot.

Tanner Pearson · 1st 12:58 · VGK

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.7 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: rebound

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Ivan Barbashev · 2nd 4:38 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 74.4 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Brandon Saad · 3rd 2:00 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 62.4 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Mark Stone · 3rd 2:54 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.0 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 7, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights rout Pittsburgh Penguins 4–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Vegas Golden Knights

Goal anatomy

Tanner Pearson · 1st 12:58 · VGK

Ivan Barbashev · 2nd 4:38 · VGK

Brandon Saad · 3rd 2:00 · VGK

Mark Stone · 3rd 2:54 · VGK